Campbelltown. Cellar store room of Lochend House built for Charles Campbell for whom the township of Campbelltown was named. South Australia
Lochend House, the original home of Charles James Fox Campbell, after whom Campbelltown is named. Charles was a Justice of the Peace and Worshipful Master of his Lodge. In 1851 he stood unsuccessfully for the Legislative Council. He was a generous supporter of people in need.
In 1868 the citizens along the Paradise bridge road and adjoining areas petitioned the Governor to name the new council Campbelltown in his honour.
Charles Campbell was born 1807 in Kingsburgh House on the Isle of Skye into a prominent family, the Campbells of Melford, Argyllshire.
The Campbell family was related to Elizabeth Campbell, wife of Governor Macquarie of New South Wales, thought to be a factor influencing the family’s move to Australia.
Charles came to New South Wales with his parents and siblings in 1821 in the ship ‘Lusitania’, chartered by his father and brother-in-law. His father was given a large grant of land near Parramatta.
Aged 16 Charles was orphaned and from then devoted himself to pastoral pursuits.
Campbell came to South Australia in 1838, droving the first herd of cattle overland from New South Wales, with an expedition led by Joseph Hawdon. The expedition also included Evelyn Sturt, brother of Captain Charles Sturt the explorer and founder of South Australia. In 1842 he bought land on the banks of the River Torrens and shortly after built this house. He sought advice from friend George Strickland Kingston, the State’s first architect, in the design of the house. Kingston also designed Ayers House, parts of Government House, the Adelaide Gaol, and the first monument to Colonel Light in Light Square, Adelaide.
In those days, sheep and cattle grazed on the River Torrens flat. With permanent water, and rich soil, the area was soon settled by market gardens and fruit growers.
Lochend was built of river stone and included a stucco porch, hall and living room with a finely moulded ceiling. The roof was of wooden shingles and Campbell later added three bedrooms and a cellar.
About 1844, just eight years after South Australia was settled by Europeans, Campbell built a two roomed house, the start of Lochend. Around the house he planted four acres of vegetables and fruit gardens and used the remaining 156 acres for grazing or growing crops. In 1846 he sold most of this land, leaving only 60 acres around Lochend. This was the beginning of Campbell Town.
In 1850 Campbell married Martha Levi, the daughter of a pastoral family. Between May 1851 and June 1857 they had four sons. At the time, living at Lochend was like living in the bush. He kept a pack of staghounds at Lochend for hunting wild dogs and kangaroos in the nearby hills.
In 1852, the Campbells leased the house to James Scott, a stockholder from the Darling River in New South Wales. By this time, the house had six rooms.
In 1858 Campbell moved to a new homestead on Nor West Bend Station, near Morgan on the River Murray. It was here, while opening a bottle of wine, that Campbell suffered a small cut to his hand, leading to his untimely death on 5 March 1859 from blood poisoning. He was aged 52 years. He was buried at Nor West Bend, and later reinterred in an above ground vault at West Terrace Cemetery.
Charles had sold Lochend to Scott in January 1858 for £2,600 and it stayed in his family until 1875. The Scott family enlarged the house. It had 11 rooms, a stable, coachhouse and cottage, all surrounded by vegetable and fruit gardens and 58 acres of crop land by 1875.
Lochend subsequently passed to the widowed Mrs Jessie (Scott) MacDonald.
Mrs MacDonald shifted to Glenelg in 1875 and the property passed to David Mundy, a retired sheep farmer who built the two storey ‘Lochiel Park’ just south east of Lochend. In 1898 Mundy sold Lochiel Park to his neighbour Jonah Hobbs.
From 1898 to 1957 Lochend and Lochiel Park were owned or lived in by members of the Hobbs family, an extensive family of market gardeners, horticulturalists and fruit growers long connected to Campbelltown.
The Hobbs sold both houses to the Government in 1947 and Lochiel Park became a Reformatory for Boys. Lochend was used as the house for the grounds manager and his family.
In the early 1980’s ownership of Lochend was transferred to Campbelltown Council.
After negotiations concerning the building’s seriously deteriorating state, and advice from Heritage Architect Simon Weidenhofer, the restoration was underway.
Assistance was given by the Campbelltown Council, Campbelltown Historical Society, and Rostrevor/Campbelltown and Athelstone Kiwanis Clubs.
Lochend is included on South Australia’s Heritage list.
Ref: Campbelltown Historical Society, Lochend Story Boards and publications.
Campbelltown. Cellar store room of Lochend House built for Charles Campbell for whom the township of Campbelltown was named. South Australia
Lochend House, the original home of Charles James Fox Campbell, after whom Campbelltown is named. Charles was a Justice of the Peace and Worshipful Master of his Lodge. In 1851 he stood unsuccessfully for the Legislative Council. He was a generous supporter of people in need.
In 1868 the citizens along the Paradise bridge road and adjoining areas petitioned the Governor to name the new council Campbelltown in his honour.
Charles Campbell was born 1807 in Kingsburgh House on the Isle of Skye into a prominent family, the Campbells of Melford, Argyllshire.
The Campbell family was related to Elizabeth Campbell, wife of Governor Macquarie of New South Wales, thought to be a factor influencing the family’s move to Australia.
Charles came to New South Wales with his parents and siblings in 1821 in the ship ‘Lusitania’, chartered by his father and brother-in-law. His father was given a large grant of land near Parramatta.
Aged 16 Charles was orphaned and from then devoted himself to pastoral pursuits.
Campbell came to South Australia in 1838, droving the first herd of cattle overland from New South Wales, with an expedition led by Joseph Hawdon. The expedition also included Evelyn Sturt, brother of Captain Charles Sturt the explorer and founder of South Australia. In 1842 he bought land on the banks of the River Torrens and shortly after built this house. He sought advice from friend George Strickland Kingston, the State’s first architect, in the design of the house. Kingston also designed Ayers House, parts of Government House, the Adelaide Gaol, and the first monument to Colonel Light in Light Square, Adelaide.
In those days, sheep and cattle grazed on the River Torrens flat. With permanent water, and rich soil, the area was soon settled by market gardens and fruit growers.
Lochend was built of river stone and included a stucco porch, hall and living room with a finely moulded ceiling. The roof was of wooden shingles and Campbell later added three bedrooms and a cellar.
About 1844, just eight years after South Australia was settled by Europeans, Campbell built a two roomed house, the start of Lochend. Around the house he planted four acres of vegetables and fruit gardens and used the remaining 156 acres for grazing or growing crops. In 1846 he sold most of this land, leaving only 60 acres around Lochend. This was the beginning of Campbell Town.
In 1850 Campbell married Martha Levi, the daughter of a pastoral family. Between May 1851 and June 1857 they had four sons. At the time, living at Lochend was like living in the bush. He kept a pack of staghounds at Lochend for hunting wild dogs and kangaroos in the nearby hills.
In 1852, the Campbells leased the house to James Scott, a stockholder from the Darling River in New South Wales. By this time, the house had six rooms.
In 1858 Campbell moved to a new homestead on Nor West Bend Station, near Morgan on the River Murray. It was here, while opening a bottle of wine, that Campbell suffered a small cut to his hand, leading to his untimely death on 5 March 1859 from blood poisoning. He was aged 52 years. He was buried at Nor West Bend, and later reinterred in an above ground vault at West Terrace Cemetery.
Charles had sold Lochend to Scott in January 1858 for £2,600 and it stayed in his family until 1875. The Scott family enlarged the house. It had 11 rooms, a stable, coachhouse and cottage, all surrounded by vegetable and fruit gardens and 58 acres of crop land by 1875.
Lochend subsequently passed to the widowed Mrs Jessie (Scott) MacDonald.
Mrs MacDonald shifted to Glenelg in 1875 and the property passed to David Mundy, a retired sheep farmer who built the two storey ‘Lochiel Park’ just south east of Lochend. In 1898 Mundy sold Lochiel Park to his neighbour Jonah Hobbs.
From 1898 to 1957 Lochend and Lochiel Park were owned or lived in by members of the Hobbs family, an extensive family of market gardeners, horticulturalists and fruit growers long connected to Campbelltown.
The Hobbs sold both houses to the Government in 1947 and Lochiel Park became a Reformatory for Boys. Lochend was used as the house for the grounds manager and his family.
In the early 1980’s ownership of Lochend was transferred to Campbelltown Council.
After negotiations concerning the building’s seriously deteriorating state, and advice from Heritage Architect Simon Weidenhofer, the restoration was underway.
Assistance was given by the Campbelltown Council, Campbelltown Historical Society, and Rostrevor/Campbelltown and Athelstone Kiwanis Clubs.
Lochend is included on South Australia’s Heritage list.
Ref: Campbelltown Historical Society, Lochend Story Boards and publications.